Josefina couldn't wait to put some serious distance between herself and this relentless family.

As she witnessed their almost frenzied determination, she reluctantly brought her car to a halt.

"Spit it out. What's the big emergency?"

Her icy demeanor was enough to get Lauren's blood boiling.

Lauren snapped, "You've got some nerve, Josefina. Why are you meddling in Ruby's marriage? Tell me you weren't cozying up to the Baldwins in there?"

Frowning, Josefina retorted, "If you're that paranoid, maybe you should seek help sooner rather than later."

Ruby chimed in with venom, "My grandfather arranged my marriage with the Baldwin family. Josefina, can you honestly claim you haven't hijacked my nuptials?"

Billy interjected, "I've already asked around. Brandon dismissed his grandson's engagement to Ruby, claiming young Oliver's heart belongs to another. Brandon even declared the old marriage agreement void."

Josefina chuckled disdainfully. "Unless I'm mistaken, didn't your dad make it clear on his deathbed that the deal was off? It's you guys who've been shamelessly clinging to a broken contract, isn't it?" The trio's faces soured-they couldn't deny the truth in her words.

what truly nagged at them was the enigma of Josefina's

doing at Brandon's? Without flaunting the Antonio family's prestige, why would he give you the

chimed in, disbelief etched on her face, "Given your less-than-stellar reputation, how on

demanded, "Get it straight with

Josefina showed no sign of stepping

he collapsed on the street. Not everyone operates with the same filthy motives as you." With that, Josefina revved the engine.

at Josefina with fury. "Josefina! Don't you

not interested in

a

as the man

ease and set

exiting the vehicle,

leaning into Josefina's window to reveal his strikingly

"Everything okay?"

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